Referee Tony Weeks will conduct a course in ring officiating for Ghanaian boxing enthusiasts and insiders before he takes the middle to officiate Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe’s WBA international super Bantamweight title against Javier Chacon next week Saturday, July 22. The Ghana Boxing Authority will be hosting the one day workshop for stakeholders (Ring Officials,…
A matchup between exciting former world champions Omar “Panterita” Figueroa (26-0-1, 18 KOs) and Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-5-1, 18 KOs) headlines an action-packed night of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes on Saturday, July 15 in the first boxing event at the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.…
Considering he was a runner-up at the event last summer, Juan Vazquez’s recent performance at the Junior Olympic Boxing Championships in Charleston, West Virginia, isn’t much of a surprise. But when the Ralston High senior-to-be walked into Jackson’s Boxing Club three years ago, no one would’ve projected him becoming a 152-pound amateur champion at…
A BOXING club which has been hailed a source of “great good” in the community has received a £30,000 council grant to construct a new clubhouse. Weymouth Amateur Boxing Club appealed to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s management committee for the one-off grant to fill a funding shortfall in its ongoing plans to build…
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TENSION ESCALATES BETWEEN FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND CONOR McGREGOR IN TORONTO ON SECOND STOP OF BLOCKBUSTER WORLD TOUR Capacity Crowd Of Estimated 16,000 Fans Pack Toronto’s Budweiser Stage On Wednesday As Mayweather and McGregor Meet For Just The Second Time TORONTO – The tension between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC superstar Conor McGregor boiled over…
Rio Olympian Joe Ward will remain in the amateur ranks up until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Westmeath southpaw, who has been attracting the attention of pro promoters since winning his third European Elite light-heavy gold in the Ukraine last month, confirmed that he will remain in the amateur code until the 32nd Olympiad.…
Isaac Dogboe is on a mission to carve out his own legacy, but his career thus far parallels another featherweight from Ghana. When a young Azumah Nelson began training in Los Angeles, California in 1981, he ran into WBC World featherweight champion and future adversary Salvador Sanchez. “I was just beginning,” Azumah says.…
World Tour Kicks Off with Raucous Press Conference as Global Stars Discuss Saturday, August 26 Showdown on SHOWTIME PPV From T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas “I am guaranteeing you this. You are going out on your face or on your back. So which way do you want to go?” – Mayweather “I’m going to knock him…
The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has avoided sanctions from Sport Ireland after meeting a deadline to resolve outstanding governance issues. According to The Business Post, Sport Ireland had warned IABA that they needed to undergo serious reforms by a deadline of June 30 or risk losing around €1 million (£885,000/$1.1 million). Following…